Post Falls Drops Suit Against EPA

The Post Falls City City Council voted to dismiss a lawsuit against the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the (Tuesday, Feb. 17) City Council meeting. The decision to end the lawsuit, brought by Post Falls and the Hayden Area Regional Sewer Board (HARSB), comes after five years of negotiations with the EPA. Post Falls and HARSB both discharge treated wastewater to the river and jointly filed suit against the EPA, claiming the agency had approved a cleanup plan developed by the Washington Department of Ecology disproportionately harming Idaho dischargers compared Washington dischargers. The suit, which requested the original cleanup plan be declared void, was maintained during the negotiation process for the new permit that became effective on Dec. 1. 2014/ Kit Hoffer , city of Post Falls press release. More here.

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